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Evangel Christian Academy

#29 in the country for NFL draft picks, of 1,411 high schools that have produced one — and #1 in Louisiana.

4
NFL draftees
17% of 2010–2020 signees
1
College contributors
17% of skill recruits
32
Recruits tracked
every one listed below
4
Current commits
2026–27 classes

What it produces

Every college signee since 2010 by position group, and how many of them were drafted.

WR
81 NFL
S
51 NFL
EDGE
41 NFL
OT
31 NFL
DL
5
LB
2
QB
2
ATH
1
draftedsigned with a college program

Did its recruits beat their ratings?

Every recruit's odds of being drafted, from his composite rating and position group, fit within his own signing class — added up, that is what Evangel Christian Academy's classes were “supposed” to produce.

4
NFL picks
1.5
Expected
23
Recruits 201020

In line with what their ratings predicted.

4 picks against 1.5. A gap that size or bigger turns up about 1 time in 18 at a school this size by chance alone.

And chance gets 170 attempts: about 9 of the schools here clear that bar on luck. Corrected for that, no high school in this data separates from its recruits' ratings.

Class by class

Whether the pipeline is opening or closing — the one question a February class ranking cannot answer, because nobody goes back to it.

4–5★ signeesall other college signees
'10
'12
'14
'16
'18
'20
'22
'24
'26
college signees per recruiting class, 20102027. Evangel Christian Academy
Show every class as a table ▾
ClassSignees4–5★NFL
202711
20263
20250
202441
20231
20220
20210
202010
201920
2018522
201720
201610
2015111
201430
201321
201210
2011310
201020

Notable alumni

PlayerPosCollegeOutcome
Jerry TilleryOTNotre DameNFL draft (2019 R1)
Jarrick BernardSOklahoma StateNFL draft (2023 R6)
Trent TaylorWRLouisiana TechNFL draft (2017 R5)
Myles ColeEDGEUL MonroeNFL draft (2024 R7)

Every Evangel Christian Academy signee

All 32 players Evangel Christian Academy has sent to a college football program since 2010 — what they were rated, where they signed, and what happened next. The table above is the honour roll; this is the whole list.

32 of 32 signees since 2010. “Too recent to say” is the 2021 class and later — they have not had a draft to be in yet, which is not the same as not making it.

ClassPlayerWhat happened
2018Jarrick BernardNFL draft2023 R6
2018Myles ColeNFL draft2024 R7
2015Jerry TilleryNFL draft2019 R1
2013Trent TaylorNFL draft2017 R5
2027Peyton HoustonToo recent to say
2026Damari DrakeToo recent to say
2026Ashton DawsonToo recent to say
2026Johnny Casey Jr.Too recent to say
2024Gabriel RelifordToo recent to say
2024Tristan SantoroToo recent to say
2024Tyreek RobinsonToo recent to say
2024Parker FulghumToo recent to say
2023Kody JacksonToo recent to say
2020Blake Shapen
2019Na'Drian Dizadare
2019Elijah Chatman
2018Micah Baskerville
2018Davin Cotton
2018ArDarius Washington
2017Ethan Harvey
2017Tanner Ash
2016Corey Henderson
2014Santos Ramirez
2014Jared Cornelius
2014Chris Bradley

“College contributor” is measured from offence-skill usage and, from 2021, defensive production — so a lineman who started four years shows as neither. NFL draft covers every position. A player is listed under the college he SIGNED with, which is not always the one he was drafted from.

Where its players go

The colleges that land the most of Evangel Christian Academy's talent, and how those recruits fared — a revealed pipeline (where they signed, not offers).

SchoolSignedDraftees
LSU50
Louisiana Tech31
Oklahoma State21
UL Monroe21
Arkansas20
Baylor20
Louisiana20
TCU20

Current commits

“Projects to fit” is the “should go” beside the “did go”: among the programs at his level, the ones whose record best matches his profile — development at his position, territory, roster need. Descriptive fit, not a prediction of where he signs.

RecruitPosCommitted toStars
Peyton HoustonQBLSU4★
Damari DrakeLBNicholls3★
Ashton DawsonATHLouisiana Tech3★
Johnny Casey Jr.Louisiana TechIllinoisLouisianaWRLouisiana Tech3★

Other Louisiana pipelines

The schools this one is measured against — same state, nearest record.

Every Louisiana high school →

Descriptive hindsight, not a forecast. Draft outcomes cover all positions (2010–2020 signing classes — each has the full five drafts behind it); the college-contributor count covers offense-skill positions (2010–21), where we have production data. A school's own history is not an input to any projection on this site: across 5,852 programs, where a recruit went to high school adds nothing to what his rating already says. How this is measured.